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This Is Hell! admin@thisishell.net no no http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-19/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-19/#comments Sat, 18 Sep 2010 20:34:52 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2615 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-19/feed/ 0 0:00:01 Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz lost his voice Saturday morning after a losing battle with a horrible cold. So, This is Hell! broadcast a full four-hour, ‘Best Of’ edition entitled, “It’s Still[...] Your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz lost his voice Saturday morning after a losing battle with a horrible cold. So, This is Hell! broadcast a full four-hour, ‘Best Of’ edition entitled, “It’s Still the Economy, Stupid!”. We played interviews from earlier this year with economist Moshe Adler on ‘The Dismal Science’; The Atlantic’s Don Peck on the prospects of a new American jobless era; economist Robert Johnson ponders what it will take to ‘Make Markets Be Markets’; military analyst Chris Hellman wonders if the bad economy will ‘finally discipline the Pentagon’; author Gary Rivlin explains ‘How the Working Poor became Big Business’; National Housing Institute Founder John Atlas tells us what happened to one of the leading advocates for the poor, ACORN; and poverty expert David Hulme says, ‘Just Give Money to the Poor’. Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-17/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-17/#comments Sat, 21 Aug 2010 23:13:19 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2424 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-17/feed/ 2 3:05:49 This is Hell! presented a special four hour ‘Best of’ broadcast, featuring aninterview with bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz, live from the shores of Houghton Lake, Michigan. Chuck was interviewed by This is He[...] This is Hell! presented a special four hour ‘Best of’ broadcast, featuring aninterview with bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz, live from the shores of Houghton Lake, Michigan. Chuck was interviewed by This is Hell! producer Dr. Krys Bigosinski, MD. Following that live half-hour phone interview, This is Hell! re-broadcasted the following interviews conducted earlier this year: Adam Hochschild on the Democratic Republic of Congo; Heather Rogers explains, ‘How the Economy is Undermining the Environmental Revolution’; Julien Mercille sees, ‘Why Afghanistan’s Poppies Aren’t the Problem’; Fred Kaufman describes, ‘The food bubble’; Dan Baum talks, ‘My concealed weapon and me’; Greta Christina describes ’5 Stupid, Unfair and Sexist Things Expected of Men’; Charles Bowden wonders, ‘Who Is Behind the 25,000 Deaths In Mexico?’; and poverty expert David Hulme says, ‘Just Give Money to the Poor.’ Shows This Is Hell! no no http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-15/ http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-15/#comments Sat, 07 Aug 2010 23:12:16 +0000 Chuck Mertz http://thisishell.net/?p=2389 http://thisishell.net/shows/on-the-next-this-is-hell-15/feed/ 0 0:00:01 On This is Hell! episode #666, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Edwin Cake is a biological oceanographer, a certified oyster biologist, and a private and public environmental consultant. He is an i[...] On This is Hell! episode #666, your bitter blind broke gap-toothed radio show host Chuck Mertz interviewed … Edwin Cake is a biological oceanographer, a certified oyster biologist, and a private and public environmental consultant. He is an independent scientist with over 40 years experience in the Gulf of Mexico Region and is currently assisting New Orleans area citizens in preparing damage claims for oyster losses, oyster-lease damages, and long-term recovery costs as a result of the BP oil gusher and the State of Louisiana’s attempt to keep the oil “at bay” with Mississippi River water. David Hulme is co-author of, “Just Give Money to the Poor: The Development Revolution from the Global South” (Kumarian Press). David is Professor of Development Studies and Founder-Director of the Chronic Poverty Research Centre and the Brooks World Poverty Institute, School of Environment and Development, University of Manchester. University of Wisconsin professor emeritus Stanley Kutler is the author of, “Abuse of Power: The New Nixon Tapes” (Free Press), a book that resulted from his successful law suit against the National Archives and Nixon, to force the release of the long-suppressed tapes. Stanley has written widely in a number of fields of American history, particularly concentrating on American constitutional history and the twentieth century. We’ll talk with him about his recent writing at truthdig including, “65 Years After Hiroshima: Truman’s Choices.” retired US Army colonel Andrew Bacevich is a history and international relations professors at Boston University. Andrew is the author of the new book, “Washington Rules: America’s Path to Permanent War” (Metropolitan Books). Our irregular correspondents were: live in-studio John K. Wilson, author of “President Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union” (Paradigm Publishers), “Barack Obama: This Improbable Quest” (Paradigm Publishers), “Patriotic Correctness: Academic Freedom and Its Enemies” (Paradigm Publishers). and the upcoming, “The Most Dangerous Man in America: Rush Limbaugh’s Assault on Reason” He is the founder of both the Institute for College Freedom and obamapolitics.com. live from somewhere on the west coast, David “The Cynical Optimist” Skalinderr. live in studio, Michael Roper of Chicago’s Hopleaf bar drops by in-studio. live from Los Angeles, Jeff Dorchen delivers a Moment of Truth. Shows This Is Hell! no no